Consultant Paediatric Infectious Diseases - Antimicrobial Stewardship

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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. 

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About Monash Health

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We provide safe, high-quality care to one-quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan, from pre-birth to end-of-life.  

More than 25,500 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-east Melbourne, including seven hospitals and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. Each year: 

• We deliver more than 10,000 babies. 

• We perform more than 46,000 surgical procedures, and 

• We respond to more than 63,000 ambulance arrivals, 

• More than 231,000 people receive care at our three emergency departments, 

• Close to 265,000 people are admitted to our hospitals, 

• We provide more than 4.1 million episodes of care to our community, 

• More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-east Melbourne, including seven hospitals and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to a fair, non-discriminatory workplace that maximises the talent, potential and contribution of all. 

About Monash Children's Hospital

Monash Children’s Hospital at Monash Health is a fully integrated primary, secondary and tertiary health service to approximately a third of the state’s children. It also plays a central role in the delivery of many statewide tertiary services. It is the third largest provider of paediatric medical services in Australia.  

The purpose built Monash Children’s Hospital allows clinical services to be delivered in a child and family-friendly environment, and increases bed numbers and services for children and families of southeast Melbourne and Victoria.  

Our wards care for children with a wide range of acute and chronic medical and surgical illnesses. Monash Newborn provides care for premature babies and is the largest of the four neonatal intensive care facilities in Victoria. Monash Children’s Hospital has three campuses with all tertiary care provided at Monash Medical Centre Clayton (MMC) and secondary care at Dandenong and Casey Hospitals. The full range of medical and surgical subspecialty care is available at Clayton with emergency departments, general paediatrics and special care nurseries at all campuses.

The medical specialities include adolescent medicine and eating disorders, cardiology, child protection, developmental medicine, endocrinology and diabetes, gastroenterology, haematology and oncology, infectious diseases, imaging, intensive care, neonatal services including neonatal intensive care, nephrology, neurology, rehabilitation, respiratory medicine, rheumatology and sleep disorders.  The Surgical Department provides care in general surgery, ear nose and throat surgery, neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery and urology.  For more information please visit: www.monashchildrens.org.au

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About the Department of Infection and Immunity  

The Department of Infection and Immunity at the Monash Children’s Hospital provides a range of services covering infectious diseases, allergy and immunology and antimicrobial stewardship. The Infectious Diseases Department provides a consulting service to all paediatric units including the Emergency Departments, Oncology, General and Specialty Medical and Surgery units, and Monash Newborn. In addition, the ID team provides care directly for children with infections under its own bed card where appropriate.

The Allergy service is primarily focused on providing an ambulatory food allergy challenge service but also offers an ambulatory allergy consulting service. The Department’s other ambulatory services include a general Immunology clinic for the investigation and management of immunodeficiency, an Immunisation Safety clinic, and a general Infectious Diseases clinic. Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections are currently included under the broader Infectious disease services in both inpatient and ambulatory settings

The unit comprises five Infectious Diseases Consultants, two consultants in immunology/Allergy, a visiting Tuberculosis Specialist, an AMS Paediatrician and AMS Pharmacist (fractional positions). There is a full-time accredited advanced training registrar in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and a full-time Senior Resident Medical Officer. The unit has close links with adult infectious diseases, microbiology and immunisation. The Paediatric and Adult AMS services work closely together through shared resources and governance across the medical and pharmacy departments.

About the Role

Join our team as a Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Physician, a part-time ongoing position to work at Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the expansion and implementation of new Antimicrobial Stewardship Service initiatives across Monash Health.

• Support and assist the Paediatric Infection & Immunity Department in the provision of Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) services

• Provide Clinical leadership in paediatric AMS activities at Clayton, Dandenong and Casey Campuses

• Contribute to education, research, and training in AMS at undergraduate, postgraduate and specialist levels

• Contribute to ongoing service improvements, quality, safety and innovation to ensure Monash Health provides high quality, infectious diseases services within allocated resource to meet the needs of patients and families

• Participate in the professional and corporate life of Monash Health by participation in appropriate committees and fora

• Strengthen AMS initiatives across Casey, Dandenong and Clayton sites

About You

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

• Post-specialisation experience in paediatric infectious diseases, microbiology and/or general paediatrics 

• Experience in Antimicrobial Stewardship 

• Proven track record in quality improvement, guideline development, stakeholder engagement and implementation science 

• Demonstrated ability to work in collaboration with members of interdisciplinary teams and committees to satisfy the requirements of a paediatric AMS service to optimise patient care 

Mandatory requirements of the role - qualifications, licences, memberships,

• A medical degree recognised and registered with AHPRA

• Fellowship of the Royal Australasian of Physicians (or equivalent) with specialist recognition as a Paediatric Consultant, including maintenance of CPD and good standing as required by AHPRA for the maintenance of specialist registration

• A higher research degree (MD, PhD) is desirable but not mandatory

What we offer: 

• Salary packaging 

• Onsite discounted staff parking 

• Discounted banking (BankVic) 

• Onsite Gym 

• Access to professional development courses and seminars 

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please contact Dr Jeremy Carr or Dr Deena Parbhoo on (03) 9594 6666.

Please click here for the position description.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’ 

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed.  These include: 

•       Reference checks 

•       A clear Police Check conducted within the last three months 

•       A current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same) 

•       Proof of immunisation 

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.  The current orders require evidence of three doses. 

All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application.  Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, which can be accessed via MyGov. 

Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.

Applications close: 9th July, 2024